From Python Import Podcast

At long last, we finally get down to some Real Talk about Python 3. In
this episode, Mike and Dave are joined by guests Nick
Coghlan and Alex Gaynor; our discussion gets into the history of
Python 3's development, why it's compelling, whether it's a failure, and more.
We also chat for a bit about Alex's new Cryptography library and the
downfall of "abstinence-only" crypto education.

All this plus some news and the return of the return of Python trivia! Read on
for some additional thoughts as well as a plethora of links for this episode.

First of all, we'd like to apologize for the delay. We had almost managed to
settle into an every-other-month cadence when we were stricken with scheduling
conflicts and the unexpected death of our editing platform. (And oh, how the
sadhorns did play!) Work and pre-PyCon complications followed.

Secondly, a heads up--though we're trying to improve the audio quality (Dave
has a microphone now!), Google Hangout seems to have betrayed us, introducing
mystery pops and clicks that have thus far resisted our attempts to scrub them
out in post. For some reason they seem to only affect one segment of the
recording, so please bear with it for a couple minutes--the main interview
portion of the episode is click-free. We're very sorry, and all we can do
about it at this point is to promise that we'll keep working on it.

While we were fighting through all of the above, Python 3.4 was released, and
it's really exciting because it has seriously cool things that we
somehow failed to discuss at all during our recording session a couple weeks
prior (though we may have mentioned some highlights last time).

By popular demand, From Python Import Podcast returns from the dead with a
brand-new, supersized episode of epicness featuring an in-depth conversation
with Jesee Noller, PSF board member, core developer, chair of PyCon
2012 and 2013, and all-around hoopy frood.
Over the course of nearly two hours, we get an inside look at the Python
Software Foundation, being a core developer, bringing a code of
conduct to the Python community, community outreach and diversity, the
joys and anguish of running a major conference, how to get involved in Python
or PyCon, the work he's doing with Rackspace to inspire developers
to build cool things, some Python trivia, and various strategies for discovering
and curating collections of animated GIFs.

We'd not only like to thank Jesse for his time and candor, but we'd also like
to thank each and every one of you for listening, for subscribing, for tweeting,
for saying hello at conferences, for encouraging us to create new episodes
again. Every little bit, every interaction--no matter how trivial it might
seem--matters. You made this episode happen, and hopefully many more to come.
Thank you.

We could try to summarize the conversation here, but it frankly wouldn't
do it justice. This is a great conversation between some bright guys, and
it was a ton of fun to bring them all together. The links above will get
you started, but you are best served to listen and simply enjoy.

It would be awesome for Ohio to be a Python talent hotbed. Stop the brain-drain to the coasts.

PYOHIO WILL BE THE WOODSTOCK OF PYTHON. With less drugs. Cause, you know. That's just wrong. And stuff.

The campaign to get PyCon to Ohio has begun. Plans within plans. Oh yes. Plans within plans.

Eric spoke on processing a million images to find "interesting things" in the night sky. Wound up finding fascinating data about the path of the year, the tracks of the planets in the sky, and how the length of the day changes throughout the year.